TRANSLATIONS: ARUNAVA SINHA

Arunava

News of a Murder: by Moti Nandy

Bibha and Nirmal subscribed to an English newspaper, and besides, she hardly ever glanced at anything…
Sahana or Shamim: by Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay

Even when 9/11 took place, Sahana had bought fish regularly. Also when the Godhra incident had…
A Poem by Shibram Chakraborty

The-e-e-re’s a girl on the roof of that house And I am all by myself over…
Moom – Chapter 1: by Bani Basu

The Agarwal family had worn itself out just paying the dahej for its daughters’ marriages. ‘Ladki…
Abani, are you home: by Shakti Chattopadhyay

Bolted doors, the neighbourhood sleeps still All I hear is the knocking of the night Abani,…
Dead or Alive: by Rabindranath Tagore

1 The widowed daughter-in-law of Sharadashankar, the zamindar of Ranihat, had no family of her own…
The Luxury of Imagination: by Banaphool

‘Dear?’ ‘What?’ ‘Hasn’t the tailor delivered my new suit?’ ‘No. I’ve reminded him thrice.’ His wife…
For these verses there is no one else, there’s just you, Neera: Sunil Gangopadhyay

For these verses there is no one else, there’s just you, Neera These midnight verses are…
Conjugal Dreams: by Banaphool

1 Sudhir arrived with a bouquet of flowers. A smile suffused his face. His heart seemed…
Inspiration: by Banaphool

That day, too, when Hariranjan-babu discovered on his return from the courts that his son Gopal…